Police Scramble to Form Policies On Sex Offenders ; by June, Departments Must Adopt Standards for Notifying Residents When an Offender Moves In.

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By next month, every police and sheriff's department in the state must adopt guidelines for notifying the community when a sex offender moves to town.

The requirement is intended to reconcile the vastly different approaches that communities take in deciding whether and how to notify residents of a sex offender's presence. While some large municipal departments like Lewiston and Portland have had such policies in place for more than a year, smaller departments are scrambling to meet the minimum standards.

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Police Scramble to Form Policies On Sex Offenders ; by June, Departments Must Adopt Standards for Notifying Residents When an Offender Moves In.

With about 130 registered sex offenders to keep track of, Waldo County Sheriff Scott Storey says his detectives will now be required to interview each offender and conduct a basic risk assessment so the appro...

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